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Iran Rights Lawyer Is Sent Back to Prison

Michael Lipin

   The husband of an Iranian rights lawyer furloughed from prison last
   month because of poor health said authorities sent her back to jail
   Wednesday despite doctors' determination that she needed to visit a
   heart clinic and otherwise stay home this week to recover from various
   health problems.

   In a Wednesday interview with VOA Persian from their home in Tehran,
   Reza Khandan said his wife, Nasrin Sotoudeh,received a phone call
   earlier in the day from Qarchak prison in the southeast of the capital
   ordering her to report to the jail immediately. He said she went to the
   prison later Wednesday, abruptly ending a furlough that authorities
   granted her on November 7 to recover from respiratory and cardiac
   problems related to her recent hunger strikes in detention.

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